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For Younger Collectors, Fashion Is the New Fine Art

Where figures like Mouna Ayoub, Azzedine Alaïa and Daphne Guinness once assembled private couture archives, a broad new audience of young buyers sees...

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Iman Sultan

Brian Niccol Says Starbucks Is Back. Pumpkin Spice Season Will Tell.

From the first PSL through Red Cup Day, Starbucks' busiest stretch is the real stress test for Niccol's 'Back to Starbucks' overhaul.

yesterday 0

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Rachel Curry

Dario Amodei’s $518 Billion Bet Gives AI’s Infrastructure Leaders the Upper Hand

Dario Amodei is betting more than $518 billion on AI infrastructure. The contracts behind that wager show how much certainty the leaders supplying...

yesterday 0

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Rachel Curry

Antonio Romero’s Paintings Are Reflections of the Shadows of Power

The Salvadoran painter's work can be found in the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, MOLAA, the Colección Mario Cader-Frech and...

yesterday 0

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Elisa Carollo

The Stylish Traveler’s Guide to a Greener Paris Getaway

Seven addresses for vintage fashion and inventive reuse, with meals shaped by the harvest and a small hotel on rue des Martyrs.

yesterday 2

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Paul Jebara

At Restaurant St. Barts, Johnnie Crowe Celebrates Britain’s Culinary Bounty

Crowe has turned a self-imposed sourcing constraint into a tasting menu built on the breadth of what Britain can produce.

yesterday 1

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Emily Zemler

Five Artists Who Treat the Earth as Both Medium and Beneficiary

Making climate-conscious art at scale and in public is arduous, expensive and often exhausting. Agnes Denes, Mary Mattingly, Maya Lin and their peers...

previous day 3

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Mary Gregory

Eat Dior, or Eat at Dior? How Luxury Brands Are Building Beyond the Product

For decades, luxury houses have expanded from products into stores, hotels, restaurants and other experiences. From Dior’s Milan flagship to...

previous day 2

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Carlo Pignataro

At Paris Fashion Week, Luxury Has to Prove What It’s Worth

The luxury industry is redefining status as consumers increasingly look beyond logos to craftsmanship, provenance and the origins of what they buy....

previous day 2

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Sara Bell

Toronto’s Lassonde Art Trail Reimagines Public Art as Part of a Healthier Urban Ecosystem

The trail expands on the $1.4 billion tri-government investment reshaping Toronto's waterfront through flood protection, environmental restoration and...

previous day 5

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Elisa Carollo

Freeman’s New CEO Muys Snijders Is Betting on Regional Roots and a Wider Reach

The auction house’s newly appointed chief executive plans to leverage Freeman's strong local networks and estate expertise, along with new...

previous day 3

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Elisa Carollo

Sotheby’s Lands the $450 Million Blaquier Collection, Led by a $180M Van Gogh

'Châtaignier en fleurs roses et blanches' leads a dozen Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces by Cézanne, Renoir, Degas and their peers...

previous day 3

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Elisa Carollo

Lights, Camera, Action: An Insider’s Guide to L.A.’s Historic Hollywood Neighborhood

From swanky speakeasies to Michelin-starred restaurants, we’re covering the very best of dining, drinking and doing in Hollywood.

previous day 2

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Allie Lebos

Josh Kushner Valued A24 at $3.5 Billion. Dior and Google Just Proved Him Right.

Josh Kushner's Thrive Capital valued A24 at $3.5 billion in 2024. Two years later, a $400 million hit in 'Backrooms,' a $75 million Google A.I....

previous day 5

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Saleah Blancaflor

Safra Catz Made Oracle an A.I. Giant, Then Stepped Aside. One Year Later, How Has Oracle Fared?

Safra Catz stepped down as Oracle's CEO "when things are great." A year later, the cloud business she championed is booming, but investors are...

previous day 5

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Tim Keary

Tinder CTO Vinay Kuruvila Is Making the World’s Biggest Dating App A.I.-Pilled

Tinder is using A.I. at every stage of the dating journey, from choosing profile photos to deciding who users see next. Its CTO explains how Match...

tuesday 4

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Tim Keary

Inside the Room: The Founders, Investors and Operators at Observer’s A.I. Power Index Party

Founders, CEOs and investors packed Dante Elizabeth Street as Bloomberg's Shawn Edwards and Candidly's Laurel Taylor accepted Observer's 2026 A.I....

tuesday 3

Observer

The Editors

How Industry Fairs Evolved into Places to Meet Horology’s Most Famous Makers

Collector-focused watch shows are proliferating across the United States and around the world, reflecting a fundamental shift in watch culture. What...

tuesday 4

Observer

Roberta Naas

A.I. Needs Power, Land and Data Centers. Bruce Flatt’s $1 Trillion Brookfield Already Owns Much of It.

Long before ChatGPT, Brookfield spent decades buying power plants, utilities and what one executive calls "boring businesses." Now Bruce Flatt says it...

tuesday 5

Observer

Beth Duckett

Constantin Nitsche Wrestles with the Limits of Painting

In conversation with Observer, the artist describes working without concept or deadline, the longing for completeness he borrowed from Kafka and how...

tuesday 5

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Sarah Moroz

In a Class Defined by Size, the Lexus LX 600 Distinguishes Itself Through Design

To find the LX 600's competition, you have to look at the luxury SUVs that make no particular claims to ruggedness: the Lincoln Navigator, Cadillac...

tuesday 3

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John Scott Lewinski

Apple CEO John Ternus Wants a Faster, Bolder $5 Trillion Empire

Apple's new CEO is moving to release more products, more often, with fewer layers between engineers and executives. Whether that makes Apple an...

tuesday 4

Observer

Abigail Bassett

Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka Found a Blueprint for Survival in Ancestral Ways of Making

At the Venice Biennale and beyond, the Japanese Canadian artist turns handmade paper into sculpture that links psychological wellness, ecology and the...

tuesday 6

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Elisa Carollo

Tinder CTO Says Top Engineers Spend $15,000 a Month on A.I. Tokens

Tinder CTO Vinay Kuruvila explains how A.I. is changing online dating. The world's largest dating app is using A.I. to reshape everything from...

tuesday 5

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Tim Keary

How the Most Enduring Paris Fashion Houses Outlived Their Founders

From Louis Vuitton’s monogram to Schiaparelli’s Place Vendôme return, seven Parisian labels owe their longevity to successors who knew what to change.

tuesday 4

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Paul Jebara

A Cannes Bakery Is Making the Case for Sourdough on the French Riviera

The modern boulangerie has built a following among chefs and residents with long-lasting loaves, old-world fermentation and a contemporary approach.

tuesday 4

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Caitlin White

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Built The Row Into a $1 Billion Label by Keeping It Private. Their Spotify Playlists Are the Rare Window In.

As The Row makes its Paris Fashion Week debut as an FHCM member, Frédéric Sanchez and Maison Kitsuné's Antoine Ressaussière explain why bespoke...

tuesday 5

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Rachel Curry

How the Beverage Aisle Became a Lifestyle Marketplace

Beverage brands are increasingly selling more than what is inside the bottle. Saint James Iced Tea’s Brenden Cohen examines how culture, social...

28.09.2026 7

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Brenden Cohen

Raul De Lara’s Sculptures Ask What Separates Raw Material, Medium and Meaning

Working with Hermès for the second time, the Mexican artist has transformed the brand's Madison Avenue window into an imagined world of...

28.09.2026 6

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Elisa Carollo

Contemporary Istanbul’s Uneven Roster Saw Foreign Galleries Making the Strongest Case for Turkish Art

The taste ecosystem at this year's edition was vast. Several international galleries presented work on par with what one might find at art fairs...

28.09.2026 6

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Sarah Moroz

At 100, Atlanta’s High Museum of Art Is Considering What It Means to Be a 21st Century Museum

Director Rand Suffolk describes the museum's role as involving both bonding and bridging: letting people see themselves in its collections while...

28.09.2026 4

Observer

Elisa Carollo

Observer’s 2026 October Art Fair Calendar (Updated)

Our roundup of October's art fairs will help you put together the perfect itinerary.

28.09.2026 6

Observer

Christa Terry

Everything You Should Know About Truffle Hunting in Italy

From Tuscany’s hotel estates to white-truffle season, Italy’s truffle hunts are less about luck than timing, terrain and knowing which dog to follow.

28.09.2026 6

Observer

Emily Zemler

Prada Heir Lorenzo Bertelli Has a Versace Problem

Versace may be bigger as a brand than as a business, and Lorenzo Bertelli now has to close that gap.

28.09.2026 4

Observer

Beth Duckett

The Best Paris Hotels for Fashion Week, From Couture Grandeur to Marais Cool

The 13 hotels for the fashion crowd, from the grand addresses that helped shape couture to smaller, more personal places to unpack.

28.09.2026 6

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Paul Jebara

At Independent 20th Century, the Biggest Draw Is the Rediscoveries

The first edition of the fair at the iconic Breuer Building, now Sotheby's headquarters, feels thoughtfully and purposefully curated despite the...

25.09.2026 10

Observer

Elisa Carollo

7 Watches That Take Yacht Life Seriously

Rolex, Omega and Panerai references build in regatta-specific functions. Garmin's Quatix 8 can control a boat's autopilot and navigation systems. Some...

25.09.2026 9

Observer

Caleb Anderson

What A.I.’s Most Powerful Leaders Said at Observer’s A.I. Power Index Party

From Bloomberg's ASKB to Candidly's mission to bring expert financial guidance to everyone, Observer's first A.I. Power Index Party celebrated the...

25.09.2026 10

Observer

Jasmine Lobe

Jeff Koons On Balloon Dogs, Time and Why He Changed His Mind About Luxury

Marking his new collaboration with watchmaker Hublot, the artist describes how a small object like a watch can carry the same philosophical weight as...

25.09.2026 10

Observer

Roberta Naas

While Some Traditional Fairs Scale Back, the Other Art Fair Keeps Growing

Director Nicole Garton says the fair, which connects artists directly to buyers without dealers, saw a 40 percent increase in sales at its previous...

25.09.2026 10

Observer

Jordan Riefe

Bark Air President on Fixing the Very Expensive Problem of Flying With Dogs

With fares reaching five figures, Bark Air is testing how far the “fur baby” economy can stretch when commercial airlines make pet travel harder....

25.09.2026 8

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Sissi Cao

The Armory Show’s Strongest Argument for Relevance Comes From Its Youngest Galleries

Several veteran galleries skipped the fair this year, while the Present section, dedicated to galleries 12 years old or younger, expanded to 55...

25.09.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Spokane Is the Gateway to Walla Walla Wine Country

With historic hotels, a growing restaurant scene and plenty of Washington wine, Spokane makes an easy first stop before heading south to Walla Walla.

25.09.2026 8

Observer

Caitlin White

Precious Okoyomon On Play and the Garden as a Revolution of Tenderness

The celebrated Nigerian-American artist and poet whose work can be found in institutions like the Museum für Moderne Kunst, LUMA Arles and the Rubell...

24.09.2026 10

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Wana Udobang

Tim Kent’s New Show Is About Rest But He Can’t Stop Working

The painter, who has works in public and private collections including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing; Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson's 21c...

24.09.2026 9

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Olga Samofalova

Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s ‘The Beloved’ Stages a Father-Daughter Reckoning That Doesn’t Quite Cohere

The Cannes competition title and TIFF Special Presentation raises, then quickly drops, intriguing questions about the connection between its director...

24.09.2026 8

Observer

Siddhant Adlakha

Artist and Dealer Jaqueline Cedar’s SPLIT LEVEL Fair Bets on a More Intimate Art Market Model

Now in its second edition, SPLIT LEVEL trades New York's crowded art-week calendar for a slower, salon-style format hosted inside Rimadesio's NoMad...

24.09.2026 8

Observer

Elisa Carollo

Jimmy Pitaro Built ESPN’s Streaming Future. But How Many Fans Are Paying for It?

Jimmy Pitaro is turning ESPN Unlimited into an NFL streaming hub with NFL Network, fantasy football and a Super Bowl, even without every game.

24.09.2026 7

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Mónica Marie Zorrilla

Studio Lenca Has Built a Career on the Ambiguity of the Diasporic Experience

Born José Campos, the artist left El Salvador as a child and grew up undocumented in the U.S.—experiences that shape a practice spanning painting,...

24.09.2026 7

Observer

Elisa Carollo

The Families That Made Milan a Fashion Capital

Milan’s defining labels are changing hands. Their histories reveal what a new owner can buy, and what has to be learned.

24.09.2026 8

Observer

Paul Jebara